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Anarchists Cause Explosions in Many Cities Widely r Separated ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF - j ATTORNEY GENERAL . Washington Residence Wreck ed by Infernal Machine? Bomber Was Killed Himself. Washington, June z.?Another at tempted reign of terror, directed chiefly against public officials "who have been active in their prosecu tion, was launched by American radicals shortly before midnight last night. , A bomb explosion which damaged > the residence of Attorney General A. Mitchell- Palmer in the fashionable /Northwest section of Washington but which apparently resulted in the death of the bomb planter, was fol lowed at intervals by similar explo sions in seven other cities extending from Cleveland to Boston. Besides Washington, Cleveland and Boston cities in which , there were bomb outrages were Pittsburgh, Pat erson, N. J., West Philadelphia, New York and 'Newtonville, Ma. West Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were subjected, to two separate explosions. Washington, June 2.?Radical agi tators tonight apparently attempted to Inaugurate another reign of terrorism , throughout the country through the ? planting of infernal machines near the residences of prominent men. Within a few minutes after the ex - plosion , of a bomb at the door of At torney General Palmer's residence here, with the killing of one man, : evidently the person planting the bomb, reports were received from Bos ton, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Patterson. N. J., Philadelphia and New York of . similar attempts. ?- The similarity of the reports re ceived from the various cities recalled to authorities the May day bomb plot -of a month ago. The bomb planted .under the steps of the home of At terney General Palmer, 2132 R. Street, of Washington wrecked the dwelling, smashed , in the windows of adjoining houses for a block, but injured no one ^within the Palmer residence. '-"?An empty suit case found near the ^entrance and a hand bill signed "The Anarchistic Fighters'* printed on red paper, worded in inflammatory fash ionja*fed serving notice of intent of its authors to begin general war on lead-, ers of'society was the only clue avail able at a late hour tonight. * The remains of the man killed were 1 literally shredded over the block and tlriven into the asphalt pavement. r'The only way I can reconstruct the incident," said Major Pullman, super-! intendent of the capital police, at the j end of his preliminary investigation,! "is on the theory that the explosive blew up just as it was being deposited in the doorway. It is possible, but un . likely that it was a passerby involv ed." Instantly upon receipt of the .news of the attempts on the lives of other leading men in other communi ties Major Pullman ordered special guards sent .out to the residences of cabinet officers and prominent men in the government. . The explosions in the other cities Were followed at midnight by others in New York City, where a bomb ex ploded ; in the house of Charles C. Nott, Jr.. and in Newtonville, Mass.. t where the house of State Representa tive Iceland W. Powers was wrecked. First reports stated that no one was injured in the Newtonville explosion. Mr. Palmer and other members of the family were at home at the time of the explosion there, but escaped any injury, though the front of the residence almost collapsed with the force of the explosion. They were on the second floor preparatory to retir ing at the time. S5o thoroughly was the corpse of the man killed scattered that surgeons had difficulty in ascertaining wheth er one or two persons had been in volved. ? Pieces of two weapons were also located, one an automatic pistol and the other a revolver. The suit case was of cheap con struction. The handbill, which was grease spotted, was headed in large i type, "Plain Words." It opened with the statement: 1 "The powers that be make no secret of their intention to stop the world wide, revolution in America," and con cluded after announcing its accept- j ance of some kind of a war with a printed signature, "The Anarchistic Fighters." Besides tearing away the residence front, the explosion jolted out of place the stone steps leading up to I the first floor level. Remnants of shabby clothing worn by the man killed were scattered, sec- j trons being found over a radius of 100 j feet and plastered on an automobile, j which happened to be passing at the i moment. Streets near the Palmer j home were cleared with difficulty-by j the police and soldiers pressed into ! service. One or two persons near thej spot claimed to have heard two j explosions, but most people reported j only one. It had, however, terrific j force. Members of Attorney General j Palmer's family, while shocked, thej police said. escaped entirely. Mr. Palmer said that he could assign no j reason for the attack upon himself. Won the Derby ! Historic Race at Epsom Downs \ Goes to Grand Parade London. June 4-,?Grand Parade \ won the Derby at Epsom Downs today. Bunchan was second, Paper Money third*. Thirteen horses ran. HUN DELEGATE MAKE STATEMENT Dr. Von BrockdorrT-Rantzau Discusses Peace Conditions From German Viewpoints IDEA IS STILL TO EFFECT COMPROMISE Germans Either Do Not Realize or Will Not Admit That They I Were Decisively Whipped. London, June 2.?Count von Brock dorff-Rantzau when asked by a repre sentative of the Europe press bureau whether he believed the German counterproposal would lead to nego tiations, according to a Berlin dis patch to the wireless press, said he had cured himself of the habit of be lieving in such things. The chairman of the German delegation added: "I will do what I think right and await results. The French press be gan the game of asking 'VWU1 they sign?' We on our part should reply today with another question, 'Will they negotiate?' "According to an article in The Temps on Wednesday our opponents seem to asstfme that the German counterproposals go beyond the limits within which ihey wish to grant us a discussion. If this article inter prets the view of the enemy leaders I hardly see any prospects of an un derstanding." Asked whether he considered un bridgeable the gulf between the al lied demands and the Germans, the count replied: ; "This question itself is based on a controversy of principles on which no agreement can be reached. It is pos sible to be of different opinions about the resources of Germany but there exists no agreement about the ques tion whether , this nation is to do penance as a criminal or to fulfill ob ligations as a party to the treaty. "If in October, 1918, an avowal of its sins had been laid before the Ger man nation for its acceptance instead of a preliminary treaty regarding the foundation of peace, it would have continued to fight. At present Ger many can not fight any more, but she can still say no." After declaring that if he were in the position of President Wilson. Premier Ciemenceau or Premier Lloyd George he would be afraid of "as suming an equality to God," Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau continued: "At the moment when the moral cloak of penal justice is removed from the peace document, it becomes bear able for Germany to a certain extent that we, as the vanquished, must make sacrifices in power and goods. We realize this, but we decline to agree like criminals to our removal into a second class position among the na tions. "There is in the draft an astonish ing amount of mental work which could be used usefully if the stipu lations which were formulated in the most blunt one sidedness in favor of our opponents, were to change to a point of view which would corres pond with a peace of justice. It is true that such a work would possess many bones of contention which would have to be done away with in some other manner but the first condition for the establishment of a peace of under standing would have been fulfilled by it." Plan Reign of Terror Anarchistic Fighters Attempt Bomb Murder of Promi nent Men Washington, June 3.?The wide spread bomb. explosions yesterday were the apparent sequel to the un successful May day outrages, when infernal machines were mailed to gov ernment officials and public men. It is believed by officials to be another move in the anarchistic movement for the overthrow of government in the United States. Evidence that the plot was carefully planned is contained in a pamphlet found at the home of At : torney General Palmer, whose resi dence in the fashionable section hero was partly wrecked by a bomb. ' The pamphlet, one of a large nuiuber scattered about after the bomb pre maturely exploded and blew to hits the author of the crime, was signed "The Anarchists Fighters" and was undoubtedly intended as signal to show that a reign of terrorism was on. rhe full list of cities in which explo sions occurred is: Xew York. Wash ington. Cleveland. Pittsburgh, two in Philadelphia, two in Boston. Putter son and NTewtonville. Mass. Return of Wires Bill For Ending Government Control of Telgraph Lines Washington. June '3?A favorable report on the bill for the immediate return of telephone and telegraph wires to the owners was onh-red to day by the senate interstate com merce committee, after the measure had been amended to continue the existing telephone rates sixty days tit ter final action by congress. Petrograd Captured Unconfirmed Report Received in Copenhagen Copenhagen, June 3.?Esthonian and Finnish forces have captured Pe trograd,^ according to an unconfirm ed telegram from Vardoe. received by The National Tidenend. THEALLENDALE TRAGEDY Woman Swears Crowd of Farm ers Shot Marley in . Allendale UPSETS THE /FIRST REPORTS Just After' Tragedy It Was Claimed Hogg and Marley Killed Each Other. Aiken, June 2.?Apparently new light has been thrown upon the mys terious killing of Jim-Hogg and H. D. Marley, the two well known planters in the Allendale section last week. The report first sent out broadcast over the country that Hogg was shot by Marley, and, then while Hogg was wounded and lying on the ground thai he shot'and killed Marley, has been completely upset, according to the testimony of Carrie Standley, at Aiken before Hon. Robert L. Gunter, the solicitor of the circuit. From the evidence cf Carrie Stan ley, who is separated from her hus band and has been Marley's house keeper, it appears that a crowd oi white farmers of the Allendale sectior shot Marley to death after coaxing him out of his house with the prom ise of protecting him on his way tc surrender to the sheriff. Carrie Standley appeared before So licitor Gunter here and has sworr that a crowd of men, consisting ol .Herman Lcc, John Dunbar, George I> Kirkland, Henry D. Best, Paul Black Hughes Reeves and Buck Lewis, came up to the Marley place after the shooting of Hcgg by Marley, and after getting him to come out on the ground, John Dunbar shot him twice with a pump gun which he (Dunbar) had taken from the hands of Buch Lewis. According to the report it appears that a gathering of ten farmers were attending a fish catch and dinner a! Cohen's Bluff. Jim Hogg and Bucfc Lewis, whose home is 09 the Georgia side of the river near Brier Creek went down to the home of H. D. Mar ley, about three-quarters of a mile from Cohen's Bluff, to pay a visit. As Hogg reached the Marley gate he was attacked by Marley's dog, and bpini afraid of a bad bite from the animal is alleged to have shot and killed i{ forthwith. Marley, seeing the dead dog. and Hogg w::h his gun in his hand, came out oi! his home and ;s said to have fired one load of shot in the breast of Hogg, who fell face down on ihp ground. Lewis then dodged behind a tree until Marley en tered his home, when he ran to the other members of the fishing party ! and told them of the shooting, j It is testified by Carrie Stanley ' further that the whole party, some j eight in number, then liastened to the I Marley home, and after coaxing him outside shot him to death. . The affidavits of each member or the party conflict with the woman'5 statement the party claiming that Marley was standing over the. prosr trtae body of Hogg when the party arrived, and that Marley appeared in a threatening manner, i The testimony of the# woman states j that whiskey was on the breath of j several members of the fishing party, ! she especially designates John Dun I bar, whom she charges with firing the two shots into Marley's body. Long Flight Planned Trip From New York City to San Francisco to Occupy Two Days ' Washington. June 2.?An attempt to make a transcoristinental flight from New York City to San Francisco in less than two days with only one stop en route will be made by the army air service within the next few days. A Martin bombing plane will be used. The start will be from Mineola, Ix T. North Platte, Neb.. 1.500 miles from New York, has been selected as the midway point. The schedule allows only If, hours and ?,'.* minutes for the first lap and the departure from North Platte is set for 3.30 o'clock on the following morning. The plane should land at San Francisco about 5.58 p. m. Of ficials here believe th^ trip should be made easily in about 35 hours. Capt. Roy X. Francis, a flyer of long experience both in military and com mercial planes, will ho in charge of the flight lb- will be accompanied by Li<-ut. Edmund Vlune and two or three mechanics. Ti.:x plane to be used is capable of carrying one ton of freight or from 10 to 12 passeng ers. Council of Americans Delegation to Peace Conference Discusses German Notes Paris. .Inin- 'A.?President Wilson nvt the American experts this morn ing and discussed the question of the replies to be made to the German notes on reparations and tin- econom ic phases of the peace terms. Th" meeting later developed into a general conference of the full American dele gation over the German counter pro posals. Trouble for Dr. Dorten Berlin, .Inn" '?'>.?The German goy-j ernment has issued an order for the arrest of Dr. Dorten. president of the! new Rfcenish republic, the North German Gazette nnncuneed today. ' INES OUTLINES RAILROAD PLANS Would Form Roads Into a Doz en or More Great Systems iROADS UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL Sufficiently Attractive for Pri vate Capital and Afford Pro tection to Weak Roads. Washington, June 3.?Director Gen eral Hines outlined to the American ! Short Line Railroad Association Con tention here today his plan for a per | manent solution of the railroad prob l lern, under which the railroads would be consolidated into from twelve to twenty great systems, under govern ment regulation sufficiently :>finjBkp; to attract private capital and "Kil protection to the weaker roads. ^flp The only alternative to such repa lation, he declared, would be pubHc ownership, for under any other jft private management would be dcq?p| to ultimate failure. *BBfl The director general said that^B der the plan of consolidation each s;? , tern must be made up of some of t"H stronger roads and some of the weak; er ones, be of a highly competitive character and have government rep resentation on its directorate. A workable basis on which a proper return cn the valuation of the rail road properties could be ascertained was eisscntial, Mr. Hines declared, adding that excess earnings should be divided between the railroads and the government. Earnings put back in the properties, he asserted, should not form the basis for an increased valua tion. Prompt action by congress m providing for the future of the rail roads was necessary, in Mr. Hines' view, as the present situation causes ! the public to suffer. Cotton Should Be Housed Loss From Exposure Would Buiid Warehouse . Columbia, June 4.?W. G. Smith, State warehouse commissioner, yes terday said farmers of the State have lost enough in weather damage to cot ton left in the open this year to pay for substantial warehouses. The av erage loss he says in damaged cotton and in depreciation of quality of cot ton in many instances will amount to 100 pounds to the bale. Mr. Smith I suggest?- the size and type of ware house which may be built. He will I be giad to furnish further particulars, j if called on, or will be glad to call j upon farmers who are interested in warehouse building. During the sum mer months, when cultivation of crops has been finished, he suggests that the farmers engage in building these warehouses. He advise sthat com munity warehouses' be constructed where the individual crop does not justify a warehouse or the single crop. His appeal to the farmers fol lows: "The farmer has had a fine oppor tunity this year to learn how much it costs him to leave his cotton out in the weather. Many have lost over 100 pounds per bale. This summer, when he has laid by his crop, he should build himself a warehouse and put it in the State warehouse system. "Farmer, you could build a ware house 45 feet by 100 feet by 12 feet, metal roof, wood sides and ends, dirt or concrete floor for what you have lost this season by leaving your cot ton out in the weather. Such a ware house would hold 500 bales. If you do not raise 500 bales, go in which your neighbor or build a community warehouse. A warehouse of this kind could be used for storing other things when not being used for storing cot ton. "The cotton stored in 1h<^ State warehouse the past season has saved the farmers of the State millions of dollars, not only by holding, but by keeping it protected from the weather. The mills and buyers give less for cotton left out in the weather than they do for cotton stored and pro tected from the weather. Your cotton may look like it is not damaged, but j you open it and see. You want to pay ; more attention to the staple than you have been. You can raise just as much per acre of one inch and one and one j sixteenth inch staple as you can of three-quarters of an inch. "The mills o7" che State are now con suming 1.000.000 bales and while we I rab>* 1.500.000 they are forced to go out of the State to buy cotton, be cause they can not get enough of one inch and one and one-sixteenth inch Staple Tu the Stat^. "When our mills spun yarns num bers 12s to ISs the tive-eighths to three-quarters of an inch staple was all right. Xow we have become more skilled in manufacturing and are spinning liner numbers and better and longer staple is required. "In 1KS0 our State had only S2,334 spindles. Today she has 4,014,524 spindles. In 1880 we made three and one-half yard sheetings (that is. three rind one-half yards of cloth to the uound of cotton): now we -ire making i<? yard shettings. hence the demand for better staple and better cotton. The moral of all this is: Raise better cotton. Take better care of it. Store! i: in the State warehouse system and gel a bettor price for it." Paris. June 4.? President Wilson received Commanders Read. Towers and Bellinger of the trans-Atlantic enplanes this morning. He congrat ulated them and expressed great pride in the work they accomplished during their flight. BUILDING MATERIAL t- -2b; Build Now Production depends on Construction U. S. Dept. of Labo* TV. B. Wilson Secretary Rough and dressed lumber, brick, lime, cement, plaster shingles; in fact everything for the builder. . Ifi :? " BOOTH & McLEOD, INC ON THE TRAIL OF ANARCHISTS (Police Claim to Have Found Clue To Identity of Murder . Gang rHILADELPHIA SAID TO BE HEADQUARTERS j ? ; j Only An Accident Saved Life of J Attorney General Palmer. Washington. June 3.?The police to day believed they had identified the man blown to pieces last night in the attempt to kill Attorney General Palmer with a bomb as an anarchist of Philadelphia. It'is also said they are confident the nation-wide plot against the lives of government offi cials and prominent business men was laid in that city. A blood stained conductor's iden tification check found in front of Mr. Palmer's residence today showed that the anarchist arrived in Washington at 10.30 last night from Philadelphia. He went directly from the union sta i tion to the Palmer home and only a few minutes before the explosion was seen alighting from the car a few blocks away, by C. S. Briggs of Marion, S. C. The police would not reveal the man's name, but they felt confident the facts they had gathered since mid night would lead quickly to the appre hension of his associates whom they believe were responsible for the May Pay plot in which many infernal ma chines were sent through the mail. The police are confident the plans to take Mr. Palmer's life would not have miscarried if the anarchist hadn't stubbed his toe on the low coping six feet from the front door. The coping tripped the man and when he fell the concussion apparently set off the bomb. I. C. C. Power Restored Senate Reports Favorably On Bill Giving Rate Making Powers Washington, June 3.?The senate interstate commerce committee today ordered favorably reported the bilf re storing immediately the rate making powers of the interstate commerce commission. Whaley and Lever Win Fight Steering Committee to Assist Mr. Clark Decided On Washington, June 3.?Representa tives Whaley and Lever and others who made a fight for a steering com mittee of the minority in the house to assist in the leadership have ap parently won their fight to a large ex tent, although former Speaker Champ Clark was unanimously made party leader. The special committee appointed to consider and report on the steering committee proposition has decided to advise the establishment of what is to be called an advisory committee to assist Mr. Clark, and this recommen dation will undoubtedly be adopted. No Marines Landed Washington Has No Report From Costa Rica Washington, June 1.?No informa- j tion regarding the reported landing - of American naval forces in Coasta j Rica has reached either the navy or h State departments and Secretary Dan iels said today he doubted that any j ^ landing had been made. If any menj< were sent ashore they were sailors j < as the only marine detachment in that f vicinity is the legation guard in Nica- , raugua and officials said this could : not be moved without authority from ] Washington. t Prepare for Defense ; Huns Getting Ready For Emer gencies j Paris. June 4.?A report has reach- j i ed peace conference circles that Gus-j-v tav' Noske. German minister of de- t fense. recently made a tour of the German coast defense and directed the s personnel to be prepared for emer- 1 gencies. i MAY MODIFY PEACE TERMS j Council of Four Has Two - Changes Under Con- / sideration z| j INDEMNITY OFFER MAY BE ACCEPTED ! ? ? ?'? Allies May Agree to German Proposal for Plebiscite in i ksia. ! -T"~"* I Paris, June 3.?Two changes in the I German peace- terms, one territorial I and one financial are being consider } ed by the council of four, it was learn I ed today. The financial question is j possibly the acceptance of the C?er I man props?l to pay an mdemhity i of one hundred billion marks which : would invqlve the dissolution" of the j allied financial commission to which ' the Germans object. The second pro ; posal is for a plebiscite in Silisia.' _;_?' .Endorse Santee Crossing ????? I Committee Named to Co-operate with Clarendon County Or ganization !' ' -.; ? - ? " ?? ~ . A/' The good roads meeting held at the I Court House Monday was not large i ly attended, but those who were j there made up in earnestness and in j intelligent appreciation of the import* ance of the proposed crossing at Pinckney's Landing for the lack *of numbers. Mr. R. B. Belser, with a map of the proposed State' Highway System be j fore him, explained the project and discussed the plan under considera | tion for . building the causeway and bridge. There was a general discussion participated in by MessrsrW. - 3d? Seabrook, L. D. Jennings, M. M. Platt, H .A. Moses, Dr. M. L. ParierJand oth ers. I On motion of Mr. H. A. Moses the meeting endorsed the Pinckney Land ing crossing-and the plan to organize a stock company to build the cause way and bridge. .... On motion of Mr. Dozier Lee the. following committee was appointed to cooperate with similar committees representing Clarendon and other counties interested in establishing the Santee River crossing: R. B. Belser, L. D. Jennings. M. M. Platt, H. A. Moses, ,M. L. Parier. Big Riot in Toledo, Ohio Willys-Overland Plant Guar?ed by Former Soldiers Toledo, June 3.?Two men were shot to death and two others were, dangerously injured in a riot late to night growing out of the labor dis turbances involving 13,000 employes of the "Willys-Overland Automobile Company. The victims, presumably idle employes of the company, were killed by discharged soldiers who*, are guarding the plant. The killing was the culmination of three riots to day and tonight which resulted in in jury to thirteen persons. Violence started early in the day when a crowd of idle workers storm ed cars carrying loyal employes to the, plant, smashed the car windows with' stones and bricks and pulled workers into the streets where they were beat en. The situation flamed into a pitch ed battle tonight when idle workers numbering 5,000. including many wo men, stormed the entrances of tue plant as the employes were leaving, " beat them with clubs and felled them ' with a shower of stones and bricks. Streets in front of the plant were lit tered with missiles and broken glass. Mayor Cornell Schreiber, under whose direction the former soldiers, still wearing their military uniforms, were guarding the plant, issued a statement in which he declared that io more violence would be tolerated ind that "every one who starts trou 3le will be dealt with forcibly and in he manner which the occasion <*c nands." The former soldiers were irmed with rifles supplied at the di ?ection of the mayor. There are 500 >f them acting a semergency police Mayor Wires for Troops. Columbus. June 3.?At midnight to light Mayor Schreiber of Tol3do, vired Governor Cox, saying, "send roops immediately to Toledo." The mayor said all available deputy sheriffs had been sworn in but that le was "unable to cope with the sit lation." . >